FAITH CAPSULE: Obedience and fear of God should be residing in our heart.

Deuteronomy 28

Deuteronomy 28, stated that blessings of obedience and curses of disobedience to the voice of the Lord. Clearly the voice of the Lord only carries the word of God. The same word of God yesterday is the same word of God today and forever. In blessings the word stated, “…if you diligently obey the voice of the Lord your God, to observe carefully all His commandments which I command you today, that the Lord your God will set you high above all nations of the earth.  And all these blessings shall come upon you and overtake you, because you obey the voice of the Lord your God.” (Deuteronomy 28:1-2) Also in curses the word stated, “If you do not carefully observe all the words of this law that are written in this book, that you may fear this glorious and awesome name, THE LORD YOUR GOD,  then the Lord will bring upon you and your descendants extraordinary plagues—great and prolonged plagues—and serious and prolonged sicknesses.” (Deuteronomy 28:58-59)
The point here is to obey the word of God.
What is it that provokes obeying the word of God?
The word of God makes us to know that when we are able to observe the word we shall be able to do according to the word. God spoke to Joshua after the death of Moses and gave the insight of what it takes to know and obey the word stating, “This Book of the Law shall not depart from your mouth, but you shall meditate in it day and night that you may observe to do according to all that is written in it. For then you will make your way prosperous, and then you will have good success.” (Joshua 1:8)
Meditate word day and night so as to be able to observe and do according to the word.
We are to obey carefully all that the word commands us. Obeying the word of God is not a choice but a must. A failure not to obey is a passage to self-destruction.
Obeying God’s command is not just in obeying with the mouth. Likewise, fearing God is not just in fearing him with the tongue. God is not interested man’s lip-service. Without the fear of God there is no obedience to His word. Obedience and fear of God should be residing in our heart and it should be a way of living life. Many claim to be obedient and to fear God, but they actually live outside every word of God.
Evidently, those who hear the words of God are the knowledge of the Most High. God is a good God that is not hidden from us but is opened to us by His word.
How often do you spend on His word?

Prayer for today: Ask God for the grace to draw you more to His word.